A father and son from Dearborn, Mo., have been charged in a child sex case.

Darren Paden, 50, and his son, Anthony Paden, 25, are charged with statutory sodomy on a child under the age of 14. According to court documents, the crimes were committed against the same victim. The claims date back to 2001, when the victim was 5 years old.

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According to court documents, the victim told investigators that she was exposed to pornographic movies at Darren Paden's home and forced to perform sex acts. He has been charged with two counts of statutory sodomy.

The victim told police that the crimes continues until 2009, only ending after she attended a seventh-grade class where the school's resource officer talked about sexual abuse and the girl said she realized that what happened to her was a crime.

According to court documents, the victim said that Anthony Paden knew what had been going on, and forced her to perform sexual acts on him when he baby-sat for her. He faces one count of statutory sodomy.

No one answered the door at Paden's Dearborn farm when KMBC knocked Tuesday.

According to court documents, Darren Paden told investigators that the victim performed oral sex on him, but denied coercing or forcing her to do it.

Investigators said Anthony Paden admitted baby-sitting for the victim but denied that they had any sexual contact.

Darren and Anthony Paden have both posted bond and have been released from jail. They are scheduled to return to court on Feb. 5. Their attorneys did not return phone calls from KMBC 9 News.